Movers and shakers of the Philippine startup community, innovators and investors, and global and national leaders will gather for the sixth edition of the Geeks On A Beach (GOAB) international conference on November 22 to 24 at Panglao Island in Bohol, the Philippines.
At Geeks On A Beach, about 500 participants are expected to discuss trends and forecasts on tech, startup and design, with conversations and interactions aimed at enabling the best to ride the wave of technological advances.
Plenary sessions will explore potential investment opportunities, while breakout sessions will touch on fintech, edutech, healthtech, agritech, climate-tech and other category-specific themes catering to youth and women.
Geeks On A Beach will also have pitching opportunities, business coaching, matching, investors’ roundtable and exhibits from various stakeholders. A highlight of GOAB this year would be celebrating the impact of a new law, the Innovative Startup Act, and DICT’s programmes for the Philippine startup ecosystem.
The event is spearheaded by GeeksPH and co-organised by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).
“Ten years after the first GOAB and a pandemic-induced hiatus, there are certainly a lot of new and positive developments to celebrate from the advance of digitalisation, the rise of AI and more funding raised by Filipino startups,” said GOAB founding organiser Tina Amper of GeeksPH, which
Serving as Geeks On A Beach advisors are Manny Ayala of Hatchd and Endeavor PH, Plug and Play Tech Center’s Jojo Flores, Shoppable’s Chris Blanquera, Stephanie Caragos of Syntactics, Embiggen Group’s Paul Pajo, and Christina Laskowski of Silicon Valley-based Science and Technology Advisory Council.
Speakers include DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy, Chris McCann of Race Capital, Mohan Belani of e27, and Earl Valencia of Plentina.
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